Continuing education through media Mar19 '07
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# (2 of 2): Matthom
1 day, 17 hours after the fact. (Wed 21 Mar 2007, 1:20 PM CST)
The Great Courses promotes their media as, "The adventure of learning, without the homework or exams."
So yeah, I agree with you that this is probably not meant for earning a degree remotely.
There are certain elements of classroom and online learning - such as teacher-student interaction, exams, etc, that makes real courses more tangible, and therefore challenging.
These external-media courses are nothing more than a hobby, but still pretty cool.
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# (1 of 2): Amanda
1 day after the fact. (Tue 20 Mar 2007, 7:43 PM CST)
Yes - absolutely. I think, and don't quote me, that Northwestern is looking into implementing this (if they haven't already). I think it's called iTunesU or something like that. I attended an info session on this a while back - on the power of podcasting in the classroom. It seems to me that it's more for getting the information after the fact - in case you missed a class or something - than for distance learning. I don't think it's meant as another avenue for earning a degree on-line.
That's my own speculation, but who knows - in this technological world, it could lead to that.